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Library of Congress Search.

Search historical documents, photos, and maps from the Library of Congress API.

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Addresses: Search & Discovery
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Library of Congress.

Explore millions of digitized items from the world’s largest library. Search photographs, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, audio, and video from American history.

Search the Library of Congress digital collections.

Try "civil war", "jazz", "immigration", or any topic

About This Demo

This demo uses the Library of Congress API to search millions of digitized items including photographs, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, audio recordings, and videos. The LOC is the largest library in the world, with over 170 million items in its collections.

Library of Congress APINo API Key Required170M+ ItemsPrimary Sources

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Why This Matters

The Problem

Historical primary sources are essential for research but hard to discover.

The Impact

LOC holds 170+ million items spanning centuries of history.

The Solution

Make historical collections searchable and accessible for research and education.

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